This work was done as an intern under Winka Dubbeldam and Thomas Barry for a concept proposal for a luxury apartment building on West 56th Street
in New York City. The extent of this work transferred zoning analysis into its
architectural potential. The design began with the constraints of street wall,
front and rear setbacks, and sky exposure plane. Another main constraint
was the percentage of balconies on the facade. The focus of the design was
to morph the maximized volume defined by the zoning boundaries to elevate
FAR by perforating the building envelope and floor plates.
This allowed the elevation of the living spaces and desirable apartments.
The main concern with this approach was the core positioning and usable
floor space constrained by the sky exposure plane. The redistribution of FAR
resulted in a five story lobby that could be programmed with building amenities and retail.

The renovation of a brownstone on West 24th Street in New York City resulted in a parametric design of the faรงade. Because of the complexity, the office
was working with an automotive fabricator to build a milled wood faรงade.
Trying to keep faithful to the existing shape, we had to figure out how to
insert operable windows and doors into the form. Projecting the details of the
shape in order to find out how the detailing would impact the assemblage.

My contribution in the design for the Shanghai location of the PORTS 1961
store focused on the fabrication and the design development drawings of
the circumscribing armature. The morphology of this armature mediates
existing spatial characteristics with the programmatic necessities of seating
and product display. The armature was digitally fabricated, emulating a local
ship-building tradition that involved structural rib frames and horizontal plank
patterning.
pre-existing image &
form by Archi-techtonics

initial study for fabrication

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PORTS 1961

structural rib frame

horizontal wood planks

view of interior
(rendering and the modelling other than the wood
wall was done by colleague)
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This is work produced for an initial proposal request for an installation in the
cages at the SOHO Grand Hotelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lounge. The cages were transformed into
lanterns by creating floating entities that embody and redistribute light emitting from the cagesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; base. This effect can be achieved by the suspension
and orientation of holographic film, treated glass, or treated acrylic.